Angela's Ashes Chapter 12

Question 1

What does Malachy say in his christmas letter?

Answer 1

he says that he is a changed man and he is bringing everyone home something.

Question 2

What happens when Frankie and Angela wait for Malachy?

Answer 2

they are brought up to the signal tower.

Question 3

How does the signal man act toward them?

Answer 3

He is very kind, offers Angela a sandwich, and gives Frankie a cup of hot cocoa.

Question 4

What happens when the people on the last train beginning coming out?

Answer 4

Malachy is nowhere to be found

Question 5

What does Frankie say when they dont see Malachy?

Answer 5

Frankie says that he is not coming and that he is drunk in England.

Question 6

What does Malachy look like when he comes in the door the next morning?

Answer 6

he has lost his front teeth and has a bruised eye from a fight

Question 7

What does Malachy bring his family?

Answer 7

a box of chocolates with half of them missing

Question 8

What is Malachy’s excuse for not bringing money home?

Answer 8

there was a shortage of jobs

Question 9

What do all the kids say about the money?

Answer 9

they say that Malachy drank it all

Question 10

What does Malachy offer to only have for Christmas?

Answer 10

the sheep’s eyes from the sheep head

Question 11

What does Malachy do when he finishes the eyes?

Answer 11

he gets his suitcase and prepares to leave

Question 12

Where is Malachy going?

Answer 12

london

Question 13

What does Malachy promise to do and how does Angela react?

Answer 13

malachy promises to send money and letters and angela gets sad because she knows it wont happen?

Question 14

what happens when she gives the boys chocolate?

Answer 14

Frankie gets a nut in his chocolate and Malachy jr and michael get mad because they wanted it

Question 15

What does Angela say the nut is good for and how do the younger boys react?

Answer 15

Angela says it is good for Frankie’s sight and the younger boys say they would give him their nut.

Question 16

What is daily life like now at their household?

Answer 16

they have to wash themselves in the basin in “Ireland” and dry themselves with a damp shirt. Then they have to wear stockings that have holes in them and hope that they can dry from the rain for the next day. They fight over cardboard and paper to block the holes in their shoes

Question 17

What do the boys try to avoid going to school?

Answer 17

they try to avoid the kids that go to rich kid schools

Question 18

What do the boys know their role is in the future?

Answer 18

they know their role will be working for England while the girls of their class will be working for the rich people cleaning their house

Question 19

How does Angela react to people less fortunate?

Answer 19

she gives them food and shelter from what they have

Question 20

What does michael do that aggrivates the family?

Answer 20

he brings home stray dogs and old men that are in need

Question 21

What happened when a dog died when he brought it home?

Answer 21

he cried for so long and he dug a grave for it

Question 22

What does Frankie enjoy doing by Mrs Purcell’s house?

Answer 22

he enjoys sitting outside and listening to the radio

Question 23

What goes through Frankie’s head as he goes through the dial on the radio in Mrs Purcell’s?

Answer 23

he is dreaming about the different sounds that he is hearing

Question 24

What does the rent man say to Angela?

Answer 24

he says that if she does not pay money in a week then they will be evicted

Question 25

What did they begin to use as tinder?

Answer 25

they started to use boards from the wall

Question 26

What does Frankie do after his mother told him not to touch the beams?

Answer 26

he tried to cut the beams causing debris to fall on his mom’s bed

Question 27

What happens when the rent guy comes in because Grandma told him to get the house fixed?

Answer 27

He comes in claiming there was another room and another wall that “mysteriously disappeared”.

Question 28

What wall was he talking about?

Answer 28

the wall that they used for tinder

Question 29

What happens when the rent man hears this?

Answer 29

he evicts them and says they must be gone in one week.

Question 30

Where does the family probably go to stay?

Answer 30

Their cousin Gerard’s

Question 31

What does Gerard (laman) say when Grandma tells him the situation?

Answer 31

He agrees to let them stay and he will stay in the loft

Question 32

What does Alphie do when they leave the lane?

Answer 32

he starts to bang on a pot with a spoon

Question 33

What doess Frankie say he is too old for while he is in Gerard’s house?

Answer 33

angels

Question 34

What do Frankie and the boys want to do when they wake up in the morning?

Answer 34

they want to go and explore the house and yard

Question 35

What did Laman used to be?

Answer 35

an officer in the Royal Army

Question 36

What does Frankie do all the time that he found in the house?

Answer 36

he reads the encyclopedia so he can know everything about everything

Question 37

What does Laman do alot?

Answer 37

he sleeps and drinks

Question 38

What does Laman make Angela do?

Answer 38

he makes her clean the chamber pot and send the boys on his errands./

Question 39

What does the librarian say about Laman?

Answer 39

she says that he is a genius

Question 40

What happened to Grandma?

Answer 40

she got pneumonia from the night they moved?

Question 41

what happened to her oldest son?

Answer 41

he died in England with the consumption

Question 42

Where does Malachy go?

Answer 42

to the Irish Army to play the trumpet